Dubai: Royal Challengers Bengaluru rode upon useful knocks from prodigy Devdutt Paddikal and Mr. 360 AB DE Villiers to set a defendable target of 202 for Mumbai Indians on Monday.

Batting first, RCB got off to a flying start with Aaron Finch playing a quick-fire knock of 52 runs off 35 deliveries. The knock was followed by another half-century by his opening partner and RCB’s new sensation Devdutt Paddikal who scored a handy 54 off 40 deliveries before ABD and Shivam Dubey took up the death overs scoring job.

ABD came in and dominated the MI bowlers with some clean hitting as he scored 55 off 24 deliveries. Shivam Dubey supported ABD with a handy cameo of 27 runs from 10 balls.

For MI bowling Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah and Krunal Pandya picked up one wicket each.

Mumbai Indians are now set a target of 202 to be chased in 20 overs.

The match is being played at Dubai International Stadium.

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Hubballi (Karnataka), Apr 18: The daughter of a Congress Corporator was stabbed to death by her acquaintance inside BVB college campus here on Thursday after she allegedly rejected his proposal, police said.

The deceased Neha (23), the daughter of Niranjan Hiremath, was a first-year MCA student, they said.

The accused 23-year-old Fayaz, an MCA dropout, has been arrested in connection with the incident, police said, adding that both of them were batchmates during their BCA course.

The entire incident was caught on CCTV camera.

According to the police, Fayaz went inside the college campus with a knife and stabbed Neha five-six times. During the attack, he too sustained injuries and was shifted to the hospital along with the victim. At the hospital, Neha was declared brought dead.

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"During interrogation, he (Fayaz) claimed that the two of them had been in a relationship and that she had suddenly started avoiding him. It needs to be corroborated and verified, but he was arrested immediately," a senior police officer said.

A case of murder has been registered, police said, adding that further investigation is underway.

Narrating about the incident, Neha's father Hiremath said that his daughter had classes from 8 am. At around 4.30 pm, when she stepped out after completing her classes, this person approached towards her and stabbed her nearly six times inside the college campus and she died on the spot.

"He (the accused) was an old student and he had proposed my daughter but she rejected his proposal. She did not like him and she usually stayed away from all this...She refused him saying they both belonged to different caste and that she did not wish to have any relationship with him. Out of anger, he stabbed my daughter," he told PTI videos.

Demanding justice for her daughter, he said that the accused should he hanged to death only then will his daughter's soul rest in peace.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condemned the incident and offered condolences to the family of the deceased.

"An accused has already been arrested in connection with the incident and I have instructed the Director General of Police to conduct a strict investigation and take action to ensure maximum punishment for the accused," he said in a post on 'X'.

He also appealed to people to not take law into their hands.

"In connection with the incident, no one should get agitated and take law into their hands or attempt to disturb peace of the society. It is our duty to get justice for the death of the young woman, in this regard the police department will work hard," he added.

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